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1、PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 ICS 71.100.30 NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW PUBLISHED DOCUMENT Pyrotechnic articles Theatrical pyrotechnic articles, categories T1 and T2 Overview of harmonized standards that will be developed by CEN/TC 212/WG 3This Published Document wa

2、s published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 31 December 2009 BSI 2009 ISBN 978 0 580 67605 5 Amendments/corrigenda issued since publication Date Comments PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 National foreword This Published Document is the UK implementation of CEN/TR 15952:2009

3、. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee CII/47, Pyrotechnic articles. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Use

4、rs are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard cannot confer immunity from legal obligations.PD CEN/TR 15952:2009TECHNICAL REPORT RAPPORT TECHNIQUE TECHNISCHER BERICHT CEN/TR 15952 October 2009 ICS 71.100.30 English Version Pyrotechnic articles - Theatrical pyrote

5、chnic articles, categories T1 and T2 - Overview of harmonized standards that will be developed by CEN/TC 212/WG 3 Articles pyrotechniques - Articles pyrotechniques pour le thtre - Vue densemble du programme pour le dveloppement de normes europenne Pyrotechnische Gegenstnde - Pyrotechnische Gegenstnd

6、e fr Bhne und Theater, Kategorien T1 und T2 - berblick ber harmonisierte Normen, die von CEN/TC 212/WG 3 erarbeitet werden This Technical Report was approved by CEN on 17 August 2009. It has been drawn up by the Technical Committee CEN/TC 212. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria

7、, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EUROPEAN COMMITT

8、EE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATION EUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNG Management Centre: Avenue Marnix 17, B-1000 Brussels 2009 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national Members. Ref. No. CEN/TR 15952:2009: EPD CEN/TR 15952:2009 CE

9、N/TR 15952:2009 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Terminology for this Report .5 3 Scope of Standards for T1 and T2 pyrotechnic articles 6 4 Overview of existing Standards and National provisions .7 5 Interface with other CEN TC 212 Working Groups .7 6 General features of T1

10、/T2 Pyrotechnic Articles for Theatrical use 7 7 Initial Terminology for the T1/T2 Harmonized Standard 8 8 Overview of Types of T1/T2 Pyrotechnic Articles to be considered 9 9 Novel T1 and T2 Pyrotechnic Articles 13 10 Features of the T1 and T2 Standard to be developed . 13 11 Outline of format of th

11、e Harmonized Standard for T1/T2 pyrotechnic articles 14 12 Defining Criteria for T1 and T2 and the T1/T1(od)/T2 “split” 15 13 Table of T1 Indoor/Outdoor split criteria 18 14 Table of T1(od) split criteria . 19 15 Features of T1 and T2 Pyrotechnic Articles . 20 16 Labelling of T1 and T2 Pyrotechnic A

12、rticles 22 17 Prohibited components and chemicals in T1 and T2 products . 26 18 Comparison of Standards with Essential Safety Requirements 26 19 Identification of Test Methods . 28 20 Standard Performance Distances for T2 Products and Guidelines for Determination of Safety Distances in real use 28 2

13、1 Issues Identified 28 22 Resolutions made to CEN TC 212 . 30 23 Acknowledgements 32 24 Outline of future work 32 PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 CEN/TR 15952:2009 (E) 3 Foreword This document (CEN/TR 15952:2009) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 212 “Pyrotechnic articles”, the secretariat of whi

14、ch is held by NEN. Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. CEN and/or CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the

15、 European Commission and the European Free Trade Association. PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 CEN/TR 15952:2009 (E) 4 Introduction This Technical Report gives an overview of the work carried out by CEN/TC 212 WG 3, Theatrical Pyrotechnic Articles T1 and T2 within the first year of appointment (2008) and to pro

16、vide a basis for future work, in order to write the standards for Theatrical Pyrotechnic Articles. Work on developing harmonized Standards for T1 and T2 theatrical pyrotechnic articles will begin in early 2009. Several features described in this report of the Harmonized Standards are expected to be

17、changed during the Standards development phase. However the overall philosophy of the WG3 working group is expected to be retained. Directive 2007/23/EC on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles, was published on June 14 2007 in the Official Journal of the European Union. Annex 1 of the D

18、irective 2007/23/EC gives the essential safety requirements (ESRs) which apply to pyrotechnic articles. In order to facilitate the process of demonstrating compliance with these ESR, harmonized standards for the design, manufacture and testing of pyrotechnic articles must be developed. CEN has been

19、mandated by the European Commission (EC) to develop these harmonized standards: Mandate M 416 describes the work that CEN shall perform. During the October 16/17 2007 meeting in Delft, CEN/TC 212 agreed to share the corresponding work to be done between several Working Groups and hence Working Group

20、 3 (WG3) has been established to develop Harmonized Standards for T1 and T2 pyrotechnic articles. PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 CEN/TR 15952:2009 (E) 5 1 Scope This document gives a description of the context regarding the situation of theatrical pyrotechnic articles and their consideration within the Direct

21、ive 2007/23/EC with the aim to define what harmonized standards shall be developed in order to comply with the essential safety requirements of the Annex 1 of the Directive. 2 Terminology for this Report The following terms are used in this document. Note that these are not necessarily terms that wi

22、ll appear in the Standards itself. Table 1 Terminology for this report Term Definition Comments Directive The Pyrotechnic Articles Directive (2007/23/EC) Formally “Directive 2007/23/EC of the European parliament and of the Council of 23 May 2007 on the placing on the market of pyrotechnic articles“

23、ESRs Essential Safety Requirements as detailed in the Directive NEC Net Explosive Content Also NEQ, NEM have the same meaning WG1 Working Group 1 of CEN TC 212 - addressing cat 1/2/3 fireworks WG2 Working Group 2 of CEN TC 212 - addressing cat 4 fireworks WG3 Working Group 3 of CEN TC 212 - addressi

24、ng T1/T2 pyrotechnic articles for theatrical use This group WG4 Working Group 4 of CEN TC 212 - addressing pyrotechnic articles for automotive use WG5 Working Group 5 of CEN TC 212 - addressing other pyrotechnic articles Civil Uses Directive Directive 1993/15/EC concerning the placing on the market

25、of explosives (except pyrotechnics) T1 pyrotechnics Theatrical pyrotechnic low hazard items available to persons WITHOUT specialised knowledge PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 CEN/TR 15952:2009 (E) 6 Table 1 (continued) Term Definition Comments T1 users Users of T1 products Exclusive use of T1 products T2 users

26、 Users of T2 products Users may also use T1 products T1(od) T1 outdoor only products Although this is not a formal category within the Directive WG3 have adopted it as a way of discriminating between the 2 sub- categories of T1 3 Scope of Standards for T1 and T2 pyrotechnic articles The Pyrotechnic

27、Articles Directive (2007/23/EC) concerns issues of supply and not use. The purpose of Standards development is to provide a harmonized means of achieving the Essential Safety Requirements (ESRs) specified within the Directive. WG3 agree that, where possible, the Harmonized Standards to be developed

28、should be performance based; address safety of the product in normal functioning as the primary concern; as simple as possible; as flexible as possible to allow for future developments in product design particularly for T2 products. WG3 further agree that a single Standard, covering T1 and T2 produc

29、ts should ideally be developed and further that it should address all known T1 and T2 types and future developments of T2 articles within this single Standard. However, WG3 have determined that a number of project groups will be needed to address specific features of the Standard as follows: termino

30、logy; categorisation; requirements; labelling; test methods and that the sections developed by these project groups will ideally be combined into a single final standard. Further details of the designated project groups is given in Clause 24. WG3 consider that one single Standard will cover both T1

31、and T2 Theatrical Pyrotechnic articles. The rationale behind this decision is: It will lead to simplification of the technical requirements and test methods and prevent “copy/paste” or inconsistency errors if multiple Standards are developed. T1/T2 items are often similar in construction, performanc

32、e, effect and safety parameters. PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 CEN/TR 15952:2009 (E) 7 WG3 considers that “type testing” (Module B of the Directive) and “batch testing” (“Conformity to Type” - Module C/D/E of the Directive) are likely to be the most frequent means by which product compliance will be met. Hen

33、ce in the initial development phase WG3 intends to consider these methods primarily. It is also considered that many of the features of the remaining compliance modules will share common features with those of Module C/D/E in relation to the requirements for batch testing. A comparison of Modules B

34、and C with the Essential Safety Requirements specified in the Directive is given at the end of this report. 4 Overview of existing Standards and National provisions A wide variety of national provisions and standards exist for Theatrical Pyrotechnics across Europe and control of supply ranges from o

35、utright prohibition on supply to persons without specialist knowledge to unrestricted supply. Only some Member States have standards by which theatrical products are approved for use. In other countries articles are only categorised or classified by the UN transport tests and criteria. Only one Memb

36、er State (UK ) appears to have a true consumer pyrotechnic market for theatrical pyrotechnics (T1) and in this country, apart from a lower age limit of 18 years of age, there is no other restriction on who can purchase or use theatrical pyrotechnic articles. Other Member States have some restriction

37、s over the purchasing or use of theatrical pyrotechnic articles in addition to age restrictions. It is apparent, however, that the perception of what constitutes a T1 pyrotechnic article differs widely and in Germany, for instance, even though T1 Articles are readily available they are subject to a

38、licensing regime prior to use. If Member States wish to retain additional controls on use this will be a matter for them and the Commission; however, they will not be addressed in development of the Standards. 5 Interface with other CEN TC 212 Working Groups This technical report has been written in

39、 close consultation with the working groups WG1, WG2, WG4 and WG5 of CEN/TC 212 and where possible shares terms and approaches with them. However we envisage that coalescence of these will only occur once the Standards for Cat 1/2/3 Fireworks (WG1) are adopted and when work on other Pyrotechnic Arti

40、cle Standards is more highly developed. WG3 is fortunate to have many members who sit on other WGs and WG3 welcomes the free flow of information between the groups. Where possible common terminology and methodology will be adopted; however, WG3 members agree that where this is not possible T1/T2 Sta

41、ndards should address their own specific requirements. 6 General features of T1/T2 Pyrotechnic Articles for Theatrical use WG3 members agree that, except where explicitly described within the Standards to be developed, all T1/T2 products should share the following common features: electric ignition;

42、 that there is no delay before first effect; the performance is within parameters described explicitly within the Standards to be developed. In this manner T1/T2 products will be distinguished from functionally equivalent Cat 1/2/3 fireworks (which are lit by hand) or Cat 4 fireworks. Additionally i

43、t is considered that this reduces the degree of hazard of these materials by ensuring that the operator is at a remote firing position (except for hand held/ignited devices); PD CEN/TR 15952:2009 CEN/TR 15952:2009 (E) 8 there is a significantly reduced likelihood of performers (for example) moving i

44、nto the safety area of a device between the time of initiation and the time of first functioning; the performance parameters are more stringent than for the functionally equivalent firework item. 7 Initial Terminology for the T1/T2 Harmonized Standard The following terms have been developed in assoc

45、iation with WG2 and WG5 and which will be incorporated, possibly with revisions, into the Harmonized Standard for T1 and T2 pyrotechnic articles: Table 2 Initial Terminology Term Description Comments/Example Generic Type identifies articles with a common, very general, design feature or with a commo

46、n characteristic effect under a single designation Mine Sub Type identifies articles within a generic type which share common features (e.g. calibre and height) 25mm Colour 5 metre Individual Article identifies a specific individual pyrotechnic article within a generic type and sub type, usually by

47、effect Red Name the combination of the above terms. Note that the individual article will also be identified by a unique product code, usually originating from the manufacturer in addition to a coding from the Notified Body that relates to the certificate for the product Colour Mine - 25mm x 5metre-

48、 Red. (NB format of name to be determined) Family/Group identifies a number of individual items/articles which will be considered together for the purposes of testing and certification. A group or family will have common characteristic such as caliber, composition or NEQ. Note that the family or gro

49、up will also be identified by a number originating from the notified body. All items considered together for the purposes of testing and certification will share this number. 5metre - 25mm Colour Mines Directive 2007/23 identifies that such groups/families should be established for the purposes of testing and certification (“whereas 18” of the Directive) First Functioning The in